Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Description: The BAA outlines research areas of interest that will help fulfill the FDA requirements to utilize capabilities for state of the art advancement and achieve improvements in technology, materials, processes, methods, devices, or techniques in specific topics. The BAA runs for a period of 1 year and solicits proposals that focus on the following areas of interest: toxicology, personalized medicine, improve manufacturing and quality,emerging technologies, harnessing data, food safety, medical countermeasures.

Milestone Description

Milestone Date

Milestone Status

Milestone Completion Date

A. Publish BAA

5/23/2012

Completed

5/23/2012

B. Train First Review Committee

6/25/2012

Completed

6/25/2012

C. Convene First Review Committee

7/12/2012

Completed

7/12/2012

D. Award Contracts

3/31/2011

Completed

12/5/2010

E. Begin additional training (training is ongoing)

11/30/2012

(5/31/2013)

Completed

5/23/2013

F. Amend and Renew BAA

5/31/2013

Completed

5/23/2013

G. Hold BAA proposal conference

6/30/2013

Completed

3/25/2013

H. Complete 4th quarter white paper reviews

7/31/2013

Completed

7/16/2013

Footnotes

The dates in italics under the milestone due dates are modified milestone due dates which had to be updated due to real-time delays. The milestone status reflects the revised dates.

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Milestone Status

Definition

Not Yet Started

Work for specific milestone has not yet been started.

Completed

Milestone and/or overall project is completed.

On Track

Milestone - On track for completion by milestone deadline. Quarter status - Project is on track for completion based on overall milestone status.

On Hold

Milestone - On hold, but deadline for completion has not passed. Quarter status - Project is on hold, based on overall milestone status.

Delayed

Milestone - Delayed as it has not been completed and deadline has passed. Quarter status - Project is delayed based on overall milestone status.

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